Spirituality in campus life

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Spirituality is a vital part of campus life at Kolese De Britto in Jogjakarta, and the health of the spiritual life of the Kolese De Britto family is the main focus of its Campus Ministry. 

So, when Fr Robert Rimmin SJ was assigned to work in the Campus Ministry in August, he asked himself “How do we give and share our Ignatian heritage to the member of Kolese De Britto family?”

He began by learning from others, spending three months in Pymble, Sydney to learn how to give and share Ignatian spirituality with different groups of people.

St Stanislaw Novitiate celebrates 80 years

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On its 80th anniversary, Saint Stanislaw Novitiate, Indonesia, commonly referred to as Girisonta, offered a warm welcome to 11 new candidates and celebrated the first vows of 10 new scholastics.

The 11 candidates who entered on June 22, 2011 were chosen from 17 applicants in a selection process in early March. Ten came from various seminaries in Java, while another, who aspires to become a Jesuit brother, entered after having been accompanied by the Vocation Promotion team in Yogyakarta.

Students to be agents of peace

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INDONESIA – A group of young Catholics, Muslims and Protestants in Yogyakarta have emerged from a peace-building workshop in July inspired to be agents of peace.  They will be organizing activities to encourage interfaith dialogue and understanding such as visits to religious institutions and celebrations of religious festivals.

Learning about apostolates through film

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INDONESIA − With a long history working in media in Indonesia, it is inevitable that Jesuit scholastics in Indonesia produce films as part of their formation.  The scholastics are attached to Studio Audio Visual Puskat (SAV Puskat), the Jesuit established and run audio visual training and production centre in Sinduharjo, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.  

Giving testimony to the power, beauty and joy of following Jesus

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Fr Franz Magnis-Suseno (IDO) was born as Count von Magnis in 1936 in Silesia, Germany. In 1955 he became a Jesuit priest and later went to Indonesia, where he still lives and works as a priest and university professor. In 1997 Father Magnis-Suseno, who studied theology, philosophy and politics and had by then obtained a doctorate in theology, took out citizenship in his adopted country and chose the additional Javanese name of Suseno. In 2001 he was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was interviewed in early January by representatives of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Building companionship and dialogue

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Sch Ladislas Nsengiyumva (CHN) joined the Scholastics and Brothers-in-Formation Assembly in December 20, 2010 – January 2, 2011. It was centered on the theme of Interreligious Dialogue. Bro Ladi wrote, “We started from sharing in groups about our personal experiences with Islam in our own countries followed by a three day live-in experience with Muslim youths in Pesantrens (Schools teaching Islamic Studies). This combination of sharing and experience led me to realize how little and often distorted was my knowledge about Islam. I personally knew that there were two categories of Muslims – moderate and radical Muslims – but I had never had the opportunity to sit together with any of these two groups. This time, I had the chance not only to share meals with the moderate Muslims, but also to pray together in their Mosque. It was for me an eye opening and heartwarming experience.”

Merapi and the Jesuit scholastics

The first big eruption of Mount Merapi was on the 26 October. A lot of people living as close as 10 km to the volcano were evacuated to safer areas. Like many other students in Yogyakarta, the Jesuit scholastics were still going to school on the following days, viewing the volcano spewing ashes which made a 2 km column of cloud, as they were riding their scooters to the campus.